Respondents reported key challenges they face in their fight to reduce healthcare-associated infections in their facilities.
The rise of job ghosting
By
Kendra Nicastro
Jan 01, 2019
Senior care employers do have strategies to protect themselves. To start, get back to basics. Employees want to be involved and engaged professionally and personally.
LTC interventions help improve quality of life
By
Terri Maxwell
Dec 28, 2018
Loneliness and social isolation, the complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society, can be acutely troublesome for seniors,
Overcoming obstacles to optimizing engagement
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Dec 17, 2018
Last fall, Linked Senior collected information from activity directors across the country to determine what they love most about their work and what challenges they face day-to-day, especially when it...
Microtransit: The solution for Medicaid NEMT
By
Ryan McManus
Dec 12, 2018
Transportation innovations create a new sense of trust for any industry and can have an especially significant impact on NEMT needs.
Assessing, managing and monitoring clinical lymphedema
By
Richard Carreon
Dec 04, 2018
Skilled nursing leaders know that the number of women surviving breast cancer is rising. While this is good news, survivorship care has grown more complex and challenging for clinicians in skilled nursing...
PDPM: Idioms for ICD-10 Success
By
Emily Rampmaier, MCD, CCC-SLP
Nov 28, 2018
There is no buffer between coding and reimbursement. Coding IS reimbursement for physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, nursing and non-therapy ancillary.
Engaging your employees requires your own engagement
By
Justin Uhrich
Nov 26, 2018
While there are certainly things that need to be in place – employee benefits programs, wellness programs, regularly communications, etc., the ultimately success depends on leadership that leads.
Coverage of Social Determinants of Health have implications for SNFs
By
Cyndi Seiwert
Nov 21, 2018
Health disparities and complex social determinants of health (SDoH) have historically compromised patient access to quality care. But policy changes announced recently from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...